Credited on the record as David Allen and The Tyger River Boys.
God Please Have Mercy in South Viet Nam
Tyger River TR-1000 · Union, South Carolina
- Artist
- David Allen
- Credited on the record as
- David Allen and The Tyger River Boys
- Title
- God Please Have Mercy in South Viet Nam
- Release
- God Please Have Mercy in South Viet Nam / Using My Bible for a Road Map
- Label
- Tyger River # TR-1000
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Union, South Carolina, USA
- Songwriter
- Gene Fields, David Allen
- Genre
- Country · Bluegrass
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
God Please Have Mercy in South Viet Nam (Allen, David) Bluegrass. Union, South Carolina, USA. Boys taken from loved ones, fighting and dying in Vietnam For how long - war with no end in sight? Narrator loved country and would fight for it. But maybe god will have mercy and end the war.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs
God Please Have Mercy in South Viet Nam (Allen, David) Bluegrass. Union, South Carolina, USA. Boys taken from loved ones, fighting and dying in Vietnam For how long - war with no end in sight? Narrator loved country and would fight for it. But maybe god will have mercy and end the war. Contains patriotic sentiment, but overall leans anti-war
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Tyger River Records TR-1000 (PRP-29111), Side One, aqua label with a drawing of a house by the river; "God Please Have Mercy in South Viet Nam" by Gene Fields & David Allen, 2:43; David Allen and The Tyger River Boys; produced by The Tyger River Boys & Tyger River Studios; Route 2, Box 182, Union, S.C., phone 803-427-8930. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Themes
In collections
Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years] · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]